Discovery Box| (1.00) | Exo 17:3 |
| But the people were very thirsty 1 there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said, “Why in the world 2 did you bring us up out of Egypt – to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?” 3 |
| (1.00) | Exo 18:1 |
| 1 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, that 2 the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. 3 |
| (1.00) | Exo 18:6 |
| He said 1 to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons with her.” |
| (1.00) | Exo 18:18 |
| You will surely wear out, 1 both you and these people who are with you, for this is too 2 heavy a burden 3 for you; you are not able to do it by yourself. |
| (1.00) | Exo 18:19 |
| Now listen to me, 1 I will give you advice, and may God be with you: You be a representative for the people to God, 2 and you bring 3 their disputes 4 to God; |
| (1.00) | Exo 18:20 |
| warn 1 them of the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk 2 and the work they must do. 3 |
| (1.00) | Exo 18:22 |
| They will judge 1 the people under normal circumstances, 2 and every difficult case 3 they will bring to you, but every small case 4 they themselves will judge, so that 5 you may make it easier for yourself, 6 and they will bear the burden 7 with you. |
| (1.00) | Exo 18:23 |
| If you do this thing, and God so commands you, 1 then you will be able 2 to endure, 3 and all these people 4 will be able to go 5 home 6 satisfied.” 7 |
| (1.00) | Exo 18:24 |
| Moses listened to 1 his father-in-law and did everything he had said. |
| (1.00) | Exo 18:26 |
| They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring 1 to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves. |
| (1.00) | Exo 19:3 |
| Moses 1 went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, “Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people 2 of Israel: |
| (1.00) | Exo 19:6 |
| and you will be to me 1 a kingdom of priests 2 and a holy nation.’ 3 These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.” |
| (1.00) | Exo 19:7 |
| So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him, |
| (1.00) | Exo 19:8 |
| and all the people answered together, “All that the Lord has commanded we will do!” 1 So Moses brought the words of the people back to the Lord. |
| (1.00) | Exo 19:9 |
| The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come 1 to you in a dense cloud, 2 so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” 3 And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord. |
| (1.00) | Exo 19:14 |
| Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. |
| (1.00) | Exo 19:19 |
| When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, 1 Moses was speaking 2 and God was answering him with a voice. 3 |
| (1.00) | Exo 20:1 |
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| (1.00) | Exo 20:3 |
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| (1.00) | Exo 20:4 |
| “You shall not make for yourself a carved image 1 or any likeness 2 of anything 3 that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below. 4 |
